All-Americans sign for $63 million

2015 MLB Draft Pick/Signings List
The
deadline for signing players from the 2015 MLB Draft has come and
gone, as players that were selected June 8-10 in the First Year
Player Draft had until 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday to sign with their
respective clubs. Of the 60 former PG All-Americans that were
selected, 40 elected to begin their professional careers.
The
collective total of the bonuses these former PG All-Americans signed
for is quite staggering, as that total came to $63,300,380, and that
doesn't include the bonuses for Luke Wakamatsu, Devin Davis and Taylore Cherry,
whose bonuses were not available.
Of
the 60 players taken, that's an average of over $1.05 million per
player. Of the 40 players that signed, that's an average of over $1.58 million per player.
Alex
Bregman, who participated in the 2011 Perfect Game All-American
Classic, received the highest such bonus of $5.9 million as the
second overall pick of the Houston Astros. Brendan Rodgers, the next
pick, signed for $5.5 million with the Colorado Rockies. The Astros
also signed Kyle Tucker, and fifth overall pick, and Daz Cameron, the
37th overall pick, for $4 million each.
Houston
also signed 11th-round pick Patrick Sandoval for $900,000, which
collectively amounted to $14.8 million that the Astros used to sign
four Perfect Game All-Americans.
The
Astros draft and signing efforts this year are similar to the 2012
MLB Draft when they selected and signed Carlos Correa, the first
overall pick, Lance McCullers, the 41st overall pick, and their
fourth-round selection, Rio Ruiz, for $9.15 million collectively.
Correa and McCullers are already performing at a high level for the
Astros during their rookie seasons, who entered the All-Star break
trailing the Los Angeles Angels by a half-game in the American League
West standings.
Since
the game's inception in 2003, 165 PG All-Americans have been selected
in the first round of the draft. Correa and McCullers are two of 109
All-Americans that have already played in the big leagues, which
includes the 11 that were named to the recently completed 2015
Major League All-Star Game in Cincinnati.
Here
are the Perfect Game All-Americans selected in the 2015 MLB Draft and
the bonuses they signed for. For the players that didn't sign their
college commitment (or the school they attend in 2014 that they
intend to return to for the 2016 season) is listed in parenthesis.